diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 30d5dd57..cb99fd9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -208,12 +208,10 @@
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dir);
 
 	spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
-	if (cinfo->after != nfsi->change_attr) {
-		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-		if (!cinfo->atomic || cinfo->before != nfsi->change_attr)
-			nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
-		nfsi->change_attr = cinfo->after;
-	}
+	nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+	if (!cinfo->atomic || cinfo->before != nfsi->change_attr)
+		nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
+	nfsi->change_attr = cinfo->after;
 	spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
 }